Baltimore County, MD Parking Rules: Curb Color Rules (2026)

Baltimore County Code § 18-2-205 lets the county establish "no parking" freight loading zones in front of shipping or receiving entrances to businesses and apartment houses. A property owner or occupant applies to the Traffic Engineer, stating the number of feet of frontage wanted for the space. The Traffic Engineer may grant the application with whatever restrictions are considered proper, or refuse it outright, and can withdraw or further limit a granted permit at any time. Once granted, the permit holder gets a certificate spelling out the space's location, frontage, and any conditions.

To enforce the permit, the holder may post "no parking" signs on the building itself marking the space's limits, and must paint the curb, pavement, or roadway with signs or marks showing those limits; a sign that size, character, and description are set by the Traffic Engineer, and each sign must display the permit number. The permit holder, not the county, erects the signs and paints the curb or pavement, and does so under the Traffic Engineer's direction and at the holder's own expense. This is the county's only curb-marking requirement tied to parking; it applies specifically to loading-zone permits rather than to general curb-color schemes.